Grand meeting of the Ministry of Defense and the public, dedicated the 44th anniversary of the Soviet Army and Navy: Minister of Defense Marshal Malinovsky speaking at the (synchronous), the meeting of the floor. Guard Petty Officer 30th Guards Irkutsk-Pinsk Infantry Division SS soldiers Mules tells the history of the division. Documentary footage of the 30s (c / t plans), the first chief of the division Blyukher speaking to tank crews. Various aspects of military exercises soldiers 30th Division. Lieutenant General AI Pokryshkin to lecture in class fighter pilots in one of the units. Moments teachings of the Black Sea Fleet officers looking through binoculars on the deck of a torpedo boat, sailors signals the imaginary enemy, explosions on the water. Boats in the sea. Portrait of a Civil War hero VI Chapaev. Budayki view of the village, the birthplace of VI Chapaev, photographs of native VI Chapaev, portraits of his colleagues. The son of a hero, Major General A. Chapaev, other officers speak at the meeting on the day of the birth of VI Chapaev, among those present at the meeting - Actor BA Babochkin. Footage of k / f "Chapaev": VI Chapaev (actor BA Babochkin) talks with soldiers on horse racing (R / T 1934 plans). Soviet Army soldiers watch the play-opera composer Ivan Dzerzhinsky "Destiny of Man" at the Bolshoi Theater. Aria protagonist - Sokolova performs honored artist VT Nechipaylo (synchronously).